Monthly Archives: February 2008

Ah…the meat industry just makes me feel so safe

Here is a great one. I’ve been reading a lot of food-related books lately: Pollan, Kingsolver, etc. and the CNN story just makes me glad that I don’t eat beef. Best quote: Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer said his department … Continue reading

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From the mouths of babes

Children are just amazing. Via Andrew Sullivan here is a sampling of things children have written to the US troops in Iraq: Andrew Sullivan

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The family sustainability "index" – redux

Back on November 12th I wrote about the desire to chronicle the journey my family is on while we move to a more sustainable life. I said I’d write the next day about where we were starting and what we … Continue reading

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Seeds glorious seeds

Ugh. I set myself a deadline of having my seed selection for this year’s garden done this weekend and I’m having a tough time. So many choices all of which are equally grabbing my attention. Call it analysis paralysis or … Continue reading

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Mediamonkey how I could have loved you…

Wow. I really wanted to love Mediamonkey. Actually I do love Mediamonkey because it’s a damn fine piece of software. There are some warts like the fact that the newest version, 3.0, has a link to the Yahoo Podcast directory … Continue reading

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Newsflash – Obese people and smokers less costly to society

Once again from Marion Nestle news of the Dutch economist study that shows that overweight people and people who smoke are less costly to society from a healthcare treatment standpoint. Shocker. Truly a shocker that people who die sooner cost … Continue reading

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A great sign of what is wrong with our society

Via the wonderful Marion Nestle we find that there is a bill trying to make its way through the Mississippi legislature to ban people who are overweight from restaurants by fining the establishment for serving them. I would suspect this … Continue reading

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OK…I’ve had it with the snow already

We’ve had over 35 inches of snow so far this winter with 25+ days or so where it has snowed. I’m tired of it. I loved this stuff when I was a kid (which this reminds me of when we … Continue reading

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OK..I’ve had it with the snow already

We’ve had over 35 inches of snow so far this winter with 25+ days or so where it has snowed. I’m tired of it. I loved this stuff when I was a kid (which this reminds me of when we … Continue reading

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And so it starts, or, I’m thinking about the garden

Hard to believe it’s February 1st already. We just had a pretty big snowstorm and with all of the white stuff on the ground (and everywhere else for that matter) outside and the muscles aching from shoveling said white stuff … Continue reading

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